April 16, 2008

LAKE CHARLES, La. - Junior Marty Reed and freshman Parham Booker each fired three straight rounds in the 70's at the 2008 Southland Conference Golf Tournament held at Gray Plantation, but it wasn't enough as the Nicholls Colonels finished in 10th place.

Reed (T24 - 228) finished 12-over par with a 73, 79 and 76, while Booker (T27-229) was just one-shot back with a 13-over par and rounds of 75, 76 and 78. Other Colonel golfers included freshman Clay Shovan (T39 - 80, 80, 74 = 234), sophomore Ebenhaezer Van der Walt (47th - 85, 77, 79 = 241) and junior James Terrebonne (T49 - 82, 75, 86 = 243).

After leading by 14 strokes after day 2 of competition, No. 22 Lamar doubled their lead on the last day of play, claiming their third consecutive title and 22nd overall.

Sophomore Hugues Joannes (72-76-69=217) led the Cardinals by one stroke and tied for third, while teammates Justin Harding (77-69-72=218) and Russell Helson (76-68-74=218) tied for fourth overall. Senior Casey Clendenon (73-71-77=221) tied for eighth giving Lamar four players in the top eight. Tied for 27th, Leroux Ferriera's second (70) and third (75) round scores helped keep Lamar in the driver's seat in the second and final day of the tournament.

Individual medalist honors came down to a two-hole playoff between Scott Kelly of Sam Houston State and Sigmundur Masson of McNeese State. Each finished the tournament tied at 215 and parred the first tie breaker hole at five each while a long shot on hole 18 cost Masson by one stroke as Kelly sunk a five foot put to claim his first individual champion of his career and the first by a Bearkat since 2004.

Competition for second place in the tournament was as close as individual medalist as Texas State and Sam Houston State tied for second.

Leading the Bobcats was a crowded honor as Tyler Barnes-Wolf (77-73-75=225), Michael Carnes (74-75-76=225) and Corey Roberson (72-72-81=225) each tied for the team lead and 17th overall, while Oscar Zetterwall (77-75-75=227) and Philip Krebsbach (82-72-76=230) kept the team numbers tight throughout the tournament.

Tournament winner Scott Kelly led the Bearkats as Fergal Rafferty (75-74-76=225), Brandon Frankhouser (74-74-80=228), Scooter Jefferson (75-76-79=230) and Steward Bannatyne (83-73-79=235).

Top performances in the tournament were shot by Russell Helson of Lamar, Simon Merry of UTSA and Kyle Robbins of Stephen F. Austin each with a 68.

This concludes the end of the season for the men's team, but all seven players will be back in uniform for the Colonels next season.

FINAL STATS

Team Leaders 1. Lamar 298, 278, 290 - 866 (+2) T2. Texas State 300, 292, 302 - 894 (+30) T2. Sam Houston State 297, 293, 304 - 894 (+30) T4. Southeastern Louisiana 301, 292, 303 - 896 (+32) T4. UTSA 308, 301, 287 - 896 (+32) 6. UT Arlington 302, 299, 296 - 897 (+33) 7. McNeese State 313, 289, 300 - 902 (+38) 8. Stephen F. Austin 313, 294, 302 - 909 (+45) 9. Central Arkansas 308, 298, 308 - 914 (+50) 10. Nicholls State 310, 307, 307 - 924 (+60)

*Won individual medalist honors after 2-hole playoff, 224-225.

Player Leaders 1 T1 Sigmundur Masson Mc Neese State Univ. 74 69 72 215 -1 (225) T6 T1 Scott Kelly* Sam Houston St. U. 73 72 70 215 -1 (224) T12 3 Hugues Joannes Lamar University 72 76 69 217 +1 T8 T4 Justin Harding Lamar University 77 69 72 218 +2 T2 T4 Russell Helson Lamar University 76 68 74 218 +2 T8 T6 Kyle Robbins Stephen F. Austin St 78 68 74 220 +4 T10 T6 Matt Carvell Southeastern La. U. 73 74 73 220 +4 T16 T8 Thomas Kearney Texas-San Antonio 75 74 72 221 +5 T6 T8 Scotty Campbell Central Arkansas 75 70 76 221 +5 T20 T8 Bobby Massa Texas-Arlington 76 74 71 221 +5 T2 T8 Casey Clendenon Lamar University 73 71 77 221 +5 T31 12 Simon Merry Texas-San Antonio 76 78 68 222 +6 T12 13 Zack Reeves Texas-Arlington 72 76 75 223 +7 T12 T14 Gideon Pienaar Central Arkansas 75 73 76 224 +8 T16 T14 Nick Olivarri Texas-San Antonio 77 72 75 224 +8 T10 T14 Kevin Carrigan Texas-Arlington 75 72 77 224 +8 T25 T17 Graham Benson Southeastern La. U. 77 75 73 225 +9 T2 T17 Eddie Brescher III Southeastern La. U. 72 72 81 225 +9 T20 T17 Tyler Barnes-Wolf Texas State University 77 73 75 225 +9 T16 T17 Fergal Rafferty Sam Houston St. U. 75 74 76 225 +9 T16 T17 Michael Carnes Texas State University 74 75 76 225 +9 T2 T17 Corey Roberson Texas State University 72 72 81 225 +9 T25 23 Oscar Zetterwall Texas State University 77 75 75 227 +11 T25 T24 Marty Reed Nicholls State Univ. 73 79 76 228 +12 T25 T24 Brandon Eaton Mc Neese State Univ. 81 71 76 228 +12 T12 T24 Brandon Frankhouser SHSU 74 74 80 228 +12 T37 T27 Shane Costelloe Texas-San Antonio 80 77 72 229 +13 T22 T27 Parham Booker Nicholls State Univ. 75 76 78 229 +13 T31 T27 Cory Vincent Mc Neese State Univ. 79 75 75 229 +13 T22 T27 Cedric Scotto Southeastern La. U. 80 71 78 229 +13 T31 T27 Leroux Ferriera Lamar University 84 70 75 229 +13 30 T32 David Wiggins Mc Neese State Univ. 79 74 77 230 +14 T31 T32 Philip Krebsbach Texas State University 82 72 76 230 +14 T22 T32 Scooter Jefferson Sam Houston St. U. 75 76 79 230 +14 T43 T35 Jacob Taylor Stephen F. Austin St 80 78 73 231 +15 35 T35 Rick Wilkenfeld Stephen F. Austin St 79 76 76 231 +15 T43 T37 Steven Lecuyer Central Arkansas 81 77 75 233 +17 T45 T37 Zack Fischer Texas-Arlington 79 81 73 233 +17 T45 T39 Clay Shovan Nicholls State Univ. 80 80 74 234 +18 T25 T39 Michael Smith Stephen F. Austin St 76 76 82 234 +18 T37 T39 Michael Van de Venter UTA 80 77 77 234 +18 36 42 Stewart Bannatyne Sam Houston St. U. 83 73 79 235 +19 T37 T43 Matt Oates Stephen F. Austin St 83 74 79 236 +20 T37 T43 Rasmus Astrand Southeastern La. U. 79 78 79 236 +20 T37 45 Jad Sinclair Central Arkansas 79 78 81 238 +22 T45 46 Justin Ougel Mc Neese State Univ. 85 75 80 240 +24 49 47 Ebenhaezer Van der Walt Nicholls State Univ. 85 77 79 241 +25 50 48 Phillip Hui Texas-San Antonio 85 80 77 242 +26 48 T49 John Hillard Central Arkansas 79 82 82 243 +27 T37 T49 James Terrebonne Nicholls State Univ. 82 75 86 243 +27